An odd thing happened to me late yesterday afternoon. My cordless mouse started heating up in my hand. At first I thought it was me then it got very unusually warm. I probably would have turned off a larger electrical appliance at this point but hey, it's only 2 AA batteries so I didn't feel overly threatened plus I was still not 100% sure I wasn't imagining it.

Eventually, the mouse quit. I popped open the battery cover and my hand became covered in white alkaline, carbon-zinc stuff or whatever it was. I'm assuming the heat was from the goop being plentiful enough and conductive enough that it shorted something out.

Being more curious than smart, I cleaned it out and put in new batteries. It's working fine today. Just glad it wasn't my car battery.

Sounds like the aliens locked onto Spock's Tricorder - Murph's Mouse?

Were they rechargable alkalines? I made the mistake of getting a bunch of them a few years ago (two different brands) and had leaks in about 20% of them. I always used the correct Rechargable Alkaline charger, and just determined they were simply a crappy product. My NiMH 2500MAh and regular alkalines are now the staple of what I use.

That's Awesome!!! Love it, Tom. My 17 yr old walked by as I was scrolling down and heard me laugh... "Dad, I'm worried about you..."

Scott

That's really funny!

I've never actually seen a photographic documentation of cross-species mating. I wonder, though, about the psychological consequences to the offspring.

Cross species?


You're talking about wired and wireless, right?

Nope, they were not rechargeable. The mouse is still working fine today so at least I know it was just a bad battery.

I tried to find a pic of a fuzzy mouse warmer I saw once that looked a lot like it might be the offspring of the pic above. Couldn't find it.